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ASV portal: an interface to DNA-based biodiversity data in the Living Atlas by Prager, Maria, Lundin, Daniel, Ronquist, Fredrik, Andersson, Anders F

“…The Living Atlas is an open source platform used to collect, visualise and analyse biodiversity data from multiple sources, and serves as the national…”
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Seasonal but not sex-biased gene expression of the carotenoid ketolase, CYP2J19 , in the sexually dichromatic southern red bishop ( Euplectes orix ) by Lindsay, Willow R, Mendonça, Rute, Slight, Mathilda Waleij, Prager, Maria, Andersson, Mats X, Mundy, Nicholas I, Andersson, Staffan

“…Intense red colours in birds are often owing to ketocarotenoids (KCs). In many land birds, KCs are oxidized from dietary yellow precursors, presumably by the…”
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Introducing guidelines for publishing DNA-derived occurrence data through biodiversity data platforms by Nilsson, R. Henrik, Andersson, Anders F., Bissett, Andrew, Finstad, Anders G., Fossøy, Frode, Grosjean, Marie, Hope, Michael, Jeppesen, Thomas S., Kõljalg, Urmas, Lundin, Daniel, Prager, Maria, Suominen, Saara, Svenningsen, Cecilie S., Schigel, Dmitry

“…DNA sequencing efforts of environmental and other biological samples disclose unprecedented and largely untapped opportunities for advances in the taxonomy,…”
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Carotenoid content and reflectance of yellow and red nuptial plumages in widowbirds (Euplectes spp.) by ANDERSSON, STAFFAN, PRAGER, MARIA, JOHANSSON, E.I. ANETTE

“…1. Ornamental carotenoid coloration is commonly based on several different pigments with different nutritional and metabolic constraints. The identification…”
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Unweaving a taxon tangle: Comments on De Silva et al. (2017) by Prager, Maria

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CONVERGENT EVOLUTION OF RED CAROTENOID COLORATION IN WIDOWBIRDS AND BISHOPS (EUPLECTES SPP.) by Prager, Maria, Andersson, Staffan

“…Avian carotenoid-based signals are classic examples of sexually selected, condition-dependent threat displays or mate choice cues. In many species, male…”
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Expression of a carotenoid‐modifying gene and evolution of red coloration in weaverbirds (Ploceidae) by Twyman, Hanlu, Prager, Maria, Mundy, Nicholas I., Andersson, Staffan

“…Red carotenoid colours in birds are widely assumed to be sexually selected quality indicators, but this rests on a very incomplete understanding of genetic…”
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CONVERGENT EVOLUTION OF RED CAROTENOID COLORATION IN WIDOWBIRDS AND BISHOPS (EUPLECTES SPP.): CONVERGENT COLOR EVOLUTION by Prager, Maria, Andersson, Staffan

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Sex and age differences in reflectance and biochemistry of carotenoid-based colour variation in the great tit Parus major by ISAKSSON, CAROLINE, ORNBORG, JONAS, PRAGER, MARIA, ANDERSSON, STAFFAN

“…The plumage coloration in great tits (Parus major) is the subject of much behavioural and ecophysiological research, yet there is a lack of analyses of the…”
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Differential ability of carotenoid C4-oxygenation in yellow and red bishop species ( Euplectes spp.) by Prager, Maria, Johansson, E.I. Anette, Andersson, Staffan

“…Male breeding plumages of African widowbirds and bishops ( Euplectes spp.) show striking variation in carotenoid-based plumage coloration, with saturated…”
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Phylogeny and evolution of sexually selected tail ornamentation in widowbirds and bishops (Euplectes spp.) by PRAGER, M, ANDERSSON, S

“…Despite similar ecology, mating systems and female preferences for supernormal tails, the 17 species of African widowbirds and bishops (Euplectes spp.) show…”
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A novel method for screening a vertebrate transcriptome for genes involved in carotenoid binding and metabolism by POINTER, M. A., PRAGER, M., ANDERSSON, S., MUNDY, N. I.

“…Carotenoid‐based colour signals are widespread in the animal kingdom and common textbook examples of sexually selected traits. Carotenoid pigments must be…”
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Sex and age differences in reflectance and biochemistry of carotenoid-based colour variation in the great tit Parus major: CAROTENOID COLOUR VARIATION IN GREAT TITS by ISAKSSON, CAROLINE, ORNBORG, JONAS, PRAGER, MARIA, ANDERSSON, STAFFAN

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A molecular phylogeny of the African widowbirds and bishops, Euplectes spp. (Aves: Passeridae: Ploceinae) by Prager, Maria, Johansson, E.I. Anette, Andersson, Staffan

“…The elaborate male displays and plumage ornaments in the African widowbirds and bishops ( Euplectes spp.) have inspired classic studies on mating systems and…”
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TRPV1Δ1-283: A Candidate Osmoreceptor Channel by Zaelzer, Cristian A., Hua, Pierce, Prager-Khoutorsky, Maria, Ciura, Sorana, Lee, Sukhee, Liedtke, Wolfgang, Bourque, Charles W.

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